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Lot 137
French School, circa 1810
An equestrian portrait of a young gentleman, small full-length
Closed19 June 2020
Price Realised
USD 12,500
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Specialist note
A note on the provenance:
Antoinette d'Harcourt was a relation of the neoclassical painter François-Pascal-Simon Gérard, called Baron Gerard, on her father's side. She married François-Charles d'Harcourt, 11th duc d'Harcourt et de Beuvron in 1927, but went on to have a relationship with the popular actress known as Arletty. Part of the fashionable Parisian set which included Coco Chanel, Antoinette was a poetess, whose collection Neiges was set to music by composer Henri Sauguet. During the German Occupation of France, she was a member of the Resistance and was incarcerated for a year in the prison of Fresnes in the suburbs of Paris.
Antoinette d'Harcourt was a relation of the neoclassical painter François-Pascal-Simon Gérard, called Baron Gerard, on her father's side. She married François-Charles d'Harcourt, 11th duc d'Harcourt et de Beuvron in 1927, but went on to have a relationship with the popular actress known as Arletty. Part of the fashionable Parisian set which included Coco Chanel, Antoinette was a poetess, whose collection Neiges was set to music by composer Henri Sauguet. During the German Occupation of France, she was a member of the Resistance and was incarcerated for a year in the prison of Fresnes in the suburbs of Paris.